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Kill criteria and open questions remain visible
The project records unknowns and stop conditions before outcome evidence so weak results can change direction without reinterpretation.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
Open product, authoring, publication, interoperability, adoption, and governance questions are part of current project context. They must not disappear behind confident implementation language. Each planned surface also needs a re-entry gate that says what contract and evidence must exist before work starts.
Simplification and rejection criteria were recorded before the portal prototype and remain in force before the human study. This reduces the chance that an unfavorable result will be dismissed after investment. The criteria can evolve when new evidence changes the problem, but changes must be explicit and cannot silently lower the original standard.
Learning agendaRecording unknowns and stop conditions before results prevents retrospective reinterpretation.